Picture of myself

As I look at this picture, I can remember when it was taken. This picture was taken a few years ago outside on a deck. I am in this photo with my girlfriends cousin who has down syndrome. She is the coolest person I know. I am very close to my girlfriends family and my girlfriend and I hang out with them a lot. I have a corona t-shirt on and a corona in my had. When I picked this picture I didn't think that it would be saying something about who I am. I have a strong connection with family. Some people don't like going to family gatherings because its boring or they just don't like it. I love them. My family is very melo and we just hang out and play cards and stuff. I sometimes go to my girlfriends family functions. They are just as fun if not more fun than with my family. Maybe it is because the people are new and I find out new things about them every time I see them. Another thing that makes them fun is that in their family unlike mine, they have a lot of little kids so they are fun to play with sometimes. Other times they are annoying.
This picture is taken outside. I really love the outdoors. Everyday that it is nice outside I feel guilty if i am inside. I feel like it is such a waste of a nice day if you aren't outside doing something. I love to grill out and have a few cold beers on a warm afternoon. Who doesn't?
Over all thins picture just brings good thoughts to my head of fun times and good people.

The OBJECT

The object that sticks out in my mind from my childhood is an old moped. This was no ordinary moped it was one that you had to pedal to start. At first I could never start the darn thing but after some practice I could ride it. I think I liked it so much because it went pretty fast(for a 12 year old). I lived out in the country and the few neighbors and friends I had all wanted to ride it. I couldn't let them because my dad said that if they fell off and got hurt it would be our fault. One time my friend and I cut off the muffler so it was really loud. Soon after we did this my dad took it away and got rid of it. This frankly sucked.

Prompts

Listing is a good idea for a prompt because this list can help you evaluate issues quickly without wasting a lot of time. It also lets you think broad or narrow.
Fast writing is very useful because you can write quickly and get the thoughts down before they slip your mind and then come back to it and organize.
Visual prompts help you think outside the box kind of. look at things in different ways and this will give you ideas of arguments about the visual.
Research prompts you collects ideas and do a little research.

Basic arguement strategy

Argument for pets.http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/03-29-2007/0004555952&EDATE=
This has info on the percentage of pets in apartment dwellers. How it is hard to find an apartment that allows pets. They also argue that they have to pay an extra fee which makes sence. Some people want pets but cannot have them becauase of where they live.

On and Off-line

I feel that people think that online they can act differently and the same rules do not apply. Shy people are not shy when they are having an instant message conversation. For example. I buy all kinds of things online. I don't think it should matter that I am not taxed for that product. The Internet is a broad thing that opens the doors for a lot of bad things. It would be nice if we had a governing body that protected such things from happening. Although this would be very difficult I feel that taking the right steps we could make it happen. Over all people act differently on the Internet because they feel that no one is watching. unlike in the real world if you are around people most of us have the same values and ethics.

Thoughts

I believe that we should stop the war in Iraq.
We need to set up a government in Iraq. The people there have been under persecution for hundreds of years and need to be free. They deserve the same freedoms that we all take for granted. Our war that we started is not finished so we need to finish it and set up a democracy there.
There are many different perspectives to this very contrivesial subject. Parents whos son or daughter is fighting in Iraq have a very different perspective than the everyday American who just watches the news. Political leaders also have a different view. They know much more than we do.

Argument

An argument that stands out in my mind is when the snow melted in spring my dad wouldn't let us ride our minibikes until June because he said that the ground was to wet and we would rip up the lawn. My argument was that we wouldn't rip up the ground and it was dry for a whole month before June. I was probably like 10 when this argument happened and there after until I was like 15 when I just went out on the motocross bike anyway. I was really mad at the time because that is all I waited for all winter was to ride around and hit jumps. Right now I probably wouldn't act the exact same way, I understand now why he wouldn't let us rip up the grass. Now I would just go somewhere else and tear up some other persons grass. Because it wouldn't be worth my time to argue. I agree with Tannen, she depicts our culture just as I see it. Everyone is so sue happy these days. Frivolous law suits are filed everyday waisting time and money. The people in my culture are very argumentative especially the older people. They stood up for their rights and everything back in their day and still voice their opinions today. For such things as health care and school funding. I feel that everyone should use there voice in arguments and some people should keep their mouths shut when they don't know all the facts.